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The Tuesday Wire's weekly dive into the wide world of science.
Featuring a rotating cast of smart people including Chemist Professor Allan Blackman and Physicist Dr Cushla McGoverin.
Thanks to MOTAT, the museum inspiring the innovators of tomorrow.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones we talk deforestation in Brazil as the Amazon fires continue, harnessing solar energy and optimism and life expectancy.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk about a new form of carbon, the PCR inventor, and subaquatic spiders
On Dear Science today we talk about successful Ebola drug treatments, the damage from e-cigarettes, and why cats eat grass.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk about rogue molecules, less money for glyphosate cancer rulings and an allegedly boring element
On Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones we talk about drug-resistant HIV, warm and cold periods in the preindustrial Common Era and poo transplants!
On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk about permanent liquid magnets, storing data in music, and new research showing a possible link between spicy food and dementia!
Today we talk about uranium enrichment, energy protons and a historical timeline of lead deposits in the arctic.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk about methane gas found on Mars, glucose regulation and the question of returning lost wallets - we also get a challenge for more balanced discussion when it comes to Homeopathy.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones, we talk about hardening arteries, population growth, and how 'puppy dog eyes' are possibly bred by humans.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk marathon running, monitoring pharmaceuticals, pesticides and drugs, and the connection between finger length and personality